Fantastic Four
#264
[Newsstand]
(March 1984)
Marvel,
1961 Series
- Volume
- 1
- Price
- 0.60 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- On-sale Date
- 1983-12-13
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Marvel Comics Group
- Brand
-
Marvel [standalone or inside vertical box]
- Barcode
- 0714860246203
- Editing
- Bob Budiansky; Michael Higgins (assistant editor); Jim Shooter (editor-in-chief)
Issue Notes
On-sale date from Amazing Heroes #36, with shipping date of 1983-11-22.
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #264 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
This issue is a variant of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #264 [Direct]. There exist further variants:
[no title indexed]
Fantastic Four / cover / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- John Byrne (signed)
- Inks
- John Byrne (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- ?
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The Mole Man's monster! It's attacking again!
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Human Torch; the Thing; Mole Man's monster
- Reprints
-
in El Asombroso Hombre Araña Presenta (Novedades, 1988 series) #248 -
in Focus on John Byrne (Fantagraphics, 1984 series) (1984) -
in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #42 (Junio 1986) -
in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #36 (30 Dicembre 1990) - in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005), #0 (2009)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013), #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
- in Fantastic Four #1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel, 2018 series) (October 2018) [Barcode blacked out in reprint. Reprints Newsstand version of cover.]
-
Indexer Notes
The cover is an homage to the cover of Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #1 (November 1961)
![Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (Marvel, 1961 series) #264 [Newsstand]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/22/w200/22130.jpg?2914873486189911411)
![Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1961 series) #264 [Direct]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/773/w100/773259.jpg?-4763927237473334657)
![Cover Thumbnail for Fantastic Four (1961 series) #264 [Canadian]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/860/w100/860657.jpg?-4527282199592760978)
Inferno
Fantastic Four / comic story / 22 pages
- Script
- John Byrne (credited)
- Pencils
- John Byrne (credited)
- Inks
- John Byrne (credited)
- Colors
- Julianna Ferriter (credited)
- Letters
- Michael Higgins (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Carry him carefully, my mindless slaves.
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Fantastic Four [Mister Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Franklin Richards; Kate Dwyer; Mole Man; Moloids; Mole Man's monster; Alden Maas (death); Mr. Smith (robot); Mr. Jones (robot)
- Synopsis
- Thing enlists Mole Man's aid in rescuing the Human Torch from the megalomaniacal Maas.
- Reprints
-
in Fantastic Four (Editions Héritage, 1968 series) #155/156 (mai 1984) -
in Die Fantastischen Vier (Condor, 1979 series) #16 ([1986]) - in Los 4 Fantásticos (Planeta DeAgostini, 1983 series) #42 (Junio 1986)
-
in Nova (Editions Lug, 1978 series) #118 (5 novembre 1987) [-1 page] - in Fantastici Quattro (Edizioni Star Comics, 1988 series) #36 (30 Dicembre 1990)
- in Fantastic Four Visionaries: John Byrne (Marvel, 2001 series) #4 ([March] 2005)
- in Fantastic Four by John Byrne Omnibus (Marvel, 2011 series) #2 (2013)
- in Marvel Héroes (Panini España, 2012 series) #60 - Los 4 Fantásticos de John Byrne 2 (Mayo 2015)
-
Indexer Notes
Story continues in The Thing (Marvel, 1983 series) #10.
[no title indexed]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page / letters page / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dear Team, I really enjoy reading...
Indexer Notes
Letters of comment from readers Emma Melati Wee, David Allen, Reginald Chatman, Craig D. Smith, Jeff Gabriel, Eric Marcotte, Drake Letcher, T. Park and Jim Kasprzak.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
["The Mole Man's monster! It's attacking again!"]
Fantastic Four -
1.
Inferno
Fantastic Four -
2.
[no title indexed]
Bullpen Bulletins -
3.
["Dear Team, I really enjoy reading..."]
Fantastic 4 Fan Page
This issue was modified by
- Steve Coates
- Peter Croome
- Derek Reinhard
- Ramon Schenk
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